What to do if your child has a fever, cold, or cough

Cold and cough are common symptoms, especially for children with poor resistance, the incidence of cold and cough is particularly high. Generally speaking, if a child has a cold or cough, parents need to decide whether to take the child to see a doctor based on the specific situation. If medical treatment is not necessary, parents can use some small methods to relieve their children's cold and cough symptoms. Here are some of these little methods for you!

Should children seek medical attention if they have a cough?

Children's coughs are more serious than adults', and most of them will cough incessantly. When parents see their children coughing a little, they will go to the doctor to give them medicine and intravenous drips. The result of taking the medicine may be that the child's appetite is poor. Over time, the child's nutrition cannot keep up, and his resistance becomes poor. In this way, the child is more likely to catch a cold and cough, so these children fall into a vicious circle. The children often grow thin, have a sallow complexion, and may even develop asthma. Therefore, when a child has symptoms of coughing, parents should first observe his cough to see if there are any complications and systemic symptoms, and then decide whether to seek medical attention immediately.

Tips for treating cough

1. If you cough a lot and have a lot of phlegm in the morning, it may be due to spleen deficiency and phlegm dampness, so you need to take some food to strengthen the spleen and eliminate phlegm. Boil yam and tangerine peel in water twice a day for 2-3 days.

2. If you have a severe cough at night, accompanied by bad breath and teeth grinding, you can eat hawthorn or boiled white radish in water to help digestion.

3. When you cough normally, the phlegm is yellow, thick and severe. In this case, it is a cough caused by hot phlegm. You can boil Fritillaria cirrhosa and pear in water and drink it to clear away heat, reduce phlegm and relieve cough.

4. If you cough with less and thicker phlegm, or if you have a dry cough without phlegm, you can eat some lilies, boil Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus in water and drink it to moisten the lungs, relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

Precautions

1. Eat more fruits and vegetables.

You can give your baby fresh pear juice. Pears are high in sugar, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins. Pears have the effects of moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, and relieving fever and promoting salivation. Pear juice is suitable for babies to drink when they have a cold and cough. In addition, citrus has the effects of strengthening the stomach, removing phlegm and suppressing cough, and contains vitamin C, sugars and minerals. Fresh orange juice is also good for babies' colds and coughs.

2. Drink more boiled water.

It is necessary for babies to drink water when they have a cold and cough. Drinking more water can help relieve the baby's cough symptoms.

3. Do not give your baby antibiotics on your own initiative.

Misusing antibiotics will only waste drugs and easily lead to drug resistance or allergies. Antibiotics are safe only when taken under the guidance of a doctor.